What Is a Laser Boresight

The laser bore sight is used to align firearm barrel and sight before shooting by illuminating the aim point with a laser beam at a particular distance. It’s a method of boresighting which allows more movement in the gun without remove the bolt, so makes gun optical zeroing much faster.

What does a bore sight laser do?

A laser bore sighting device, such as this one from LaserLyte, gets inserted in the muzzle of the firearm. It’s a great tool for all guns, but allows the user to bore sight lever-actions, handguns, shotguns and other firearm designs that don’t permit viewing down the gun’s barrel from the rear.

Do I need a laser bore sighter?

The main reason to bore sight your rifle is to get you hitting paper after you’ve mounted your new rifle scope and go to sight-in at 100 yards. … If your rifle is equipped with a muzzle break, I would use a laser boresighter that runs in the chamber of your rifle so you can bore sight without having to remove your break.